pretor

British  

/ ˈpriːtə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of praetor

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Example Sentences

In Lucilius’s time the rustics said Cecilius pretor for Caecilius praetor; in two Samothracian inscriptions older than B.C.

From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Lord, Frances Ellen

Pan Seferovich, pretor of Kamenyets, came also,—a rich Armenian whose brother was groaning in Tartar bonds,—and two women, still young and of beauty far from inconsiderable, though somewhat dark, Pani Neresevich and Pani Kyeremovich.

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

However, a man could put away his wife at will, and by recording the fact with the nearest pretor, the act was legalized.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert

To-day, in the hour of my delight, I gave rewards to all my slaves; those who have served in the house twenty years I shall take to the pretor to-morrow and free.

From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah

Touching the temporal government of Rome, and oppidan affairs, there is a pretor and some choice citizens, which sit in the Capitol.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)